Paul Gardner (journalist)
| Paul Gardner | |
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| Born |
15 May 1930 Ramsgate, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Journalism |
| Notable works |
Nice Guys Finish Last: Sports and American Life The Simplest Game: The Intelligent Fan’s Guide to the World of Soccer |
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Nice Guys Finish Last: Sports and American Life
Paul Gardner (born 15 May 1930 in Ramsgate, England) is an American soccer journalist and author. He has written more than one thousand columns for Soccer America and has covered American soccer for England's World Soccer magazine since 1973. His books include The Simplest Game,Nice Guys Finish Last and SoccerTalk: Life Under the Spell of the Round Ball.
Gardner studied pharmacy at the University of Nottingham and from 1953 through 1959, as a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, worked in London as the assistant editor of Pharmacy Digest.
Gardner immigrated to the United States in 1959 and became the managing editor of a medical magazine. He started covering American sports for British publications in 1961, when his feature on Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle’s pursuit of Babe Ruth's 60-home run record appeared in The Observer.
In 1964, Gardner left the medical magazine and spent two years in Italy before returning to New York, where he discovered a sudden American interest in pro soccer. The United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League – which eventually merged into the NASL – launched in 1967.
The emergence of American pro soccer in the late 1960s coincided with Gardner’s start as a full-time free-lance journalist and he has since covered soccer for publications on both sides of the Atlantic.
Among the publications he has written for are Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, USA Today, The New York Daily News, The Sporting News, The Village Voice, The Times (London), The Guardian (London) and The Independent (London).
Gardner was the color commentator for the first-ever live telecast in the United States of a World Cup final, in 1982 on ABC. He also served as ABC color commentator with legendary Jim McKay of NASL games in 1979-81.
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